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Events on Friday 12 September 1958 1
1958First integrated circuit demonstratedJack Kilby unveils working microchipJack Kilby of Texas Instruments demonstrated the first working integrated circuit, combining multiple electronic components on a single piece of semiconductor material. The invention became the foundation of modern electronics and earned Kilby a share of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics.